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Why does my DataStage job still put binary zeros in a sequential file even when APT_STRING_PADCHAR is set to space (0x20)?

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Why does my DataStage job still put binary zeros in a sequential file even when APT_STRING_PADCHAR is set to space (0x20)?

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